Thatcher’s Son to Be Questioned in Coup Case
From Times Wire Reports
South Africa’s minister of justice approved a request by Equatorial Guinea to question Mark Thatcher, who was arrested last month in Cape Town on suspicion of financing a coup plot in the oil-rich country.
A ministry spokesman said Equatorial Guinea’s questions would be submitted to a magistrate in Cape Town, who would subpoena Thatcher -- the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher -- to answer them, probably in open court.
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